I have had 3 IPL treatments over the course of 3 months. The first treatment went really well and I loved the results. The second treatment was with the nurse and she overlapped on my cheek area and now I have a small scar from the scab falling of to soon. My skin was swollen and red. This did not happen the first time. Also a different machine was used the second time. It was an older machine. I do use Retin A on my skin and stopped using before treatment and for three weeks after. My skin now is super dry and where there was overlapping on my cheeks my wrinkles are more prominent. I bought a package of 4 and now I don't want to do the 4th session. My chest did get really good results and thats the only place I am happy with. When will my skin get back to that smooth complexion??Updated on 15 May 2017: I now am getting itchy rashes on my neck and I've never had this before and there is a larger red bump that won't go away. This all started happening after I did Ipl. I am so not happy with my skin at all. I feel like it worse now then before the treatments.